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GABORONE, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of people in Botswana who experienced severe food insecurity increased to 26.16 percent in 2022 from 20.16 percent recorded in 2021, showed the data of Statistics Botswana released Wednesday.
The number of air passengers reported at the country’s airports rose by 44% in the first three months of the year compared to the same period last year, although longer trends show arrivals and departures are still below pre-pandemic levels.
A further breakdown of the CPI data shows that the main drivers to the annual inflation rate in June 2023 were the Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (1.7
Declining fuel and food prices helped push inflation down to 4.6% in June, from 5.7% in May, the lowest level since March 2021.
The latest data from Statistics Botswana shows that imported electricity generation has declined in the first quarter of the year, continuing the downward